Harris says he © couse] aan ae - Please note that the flyer effective . February 3 - February 9, 2002 featuring the Chinese New Year Offer is incorrect 200-4619 Park Ave inthe amount of purchases required to Office Hours Terrace, B.C. V8G 1¥5 i it Miles Offer, . : AW n . By JEFF NAGEL certain to lead to contract- obtain the Air Miles Offer L Mon Thurs 8:00 a.m. — p.m. (250} 835-761) P. ROGER HARRIS says he came close to voting union jobs, CELEBRATING against Liberal legislation “] am absolutely con- CHINESE NEW YEAR that allows contracting out vinced that unionized BUY 18 GET 88 BONUS to break heatth and social service sector unions, The Skeena MLA, who was a union organizer for years with the IWA, said .. the..contracting out -provi- sions “gave me the great- est difficulty.” Bill 29 will let new health authorities hire pri- vate operators to handle duties. like hospital laundry or food services. That could mean existing work- ers and their unions will be displaced. . “It provides an aspect of contracting out that for me challenges a lot of the principles I have,” Harris said. “It’s still a tough de- cision for me,” “EL would not be lying to say that I seriously consid- ered voting against that segment of the legisla- tion.” It was a free vote of the legislature, meaning Lib- erals) were told they ~ wouldn’t be punished for oppasing the government. But he did not join Peace River Liberal MLA Blair Lekstrom in actually voting against tearing up past agreements. Harris said he conclu- ded health care costs must be reduced or else hospi- Roger Harris tals may close. “I had to make a deci- sion knowing that the pas- sage of this legislation had the potential to avoid the closure of facilities,” “he said. “I voted to support it for those reasons, that patients do have to come first,” “it provides an. aspect of con- tracting out that for me challenges a lot of the princi- ples | have.” “Although my princi- ples were challenged J felt my elected responsibility is to in fact deliver better health care.” Harris disputes claims the government move is ing out and the loss of workers have the capacity. to effectively compete and be successful,” he said. - ‘Harris said he. doesn’t . See his job getting easier in-the- weeks ahead~ and - doesn’t rule out voting against government legis- lation in the future. “I don’t think these di- lemmas are going. to dis- appear,” he said. “There may be a point where I “will draw the line in terms of where [ will go.” He admitted it has been tough to keep up with the incredible pace of govern- ment reform on so many fronts at once. Harris rejects claims B.C.’s financial woes are self-inflicted through the Liberals’ reduction of in- come and other taxes worth $1.5 billion. He says the tax cuts are necessary to restart the economy. “T think you had to do that,” he said. “I think we still have to do that.” He said poor decisions of the past 10 years under the NDP are the root of the problems now driving the need for reform. “No one expected it to be as bad as it is or as dif- ficult as it has been.” MLAs take a salary cut SKEENA MLA Roger Har- ris and all other govern- ment MLAs will take a five per cent pay cut April l. It means a base salary drop of $3,600, from $72,100 to around $68,500 for backbenchers like Har- tis. Higher paid cabinet ceived major pay in- ment cuts to jobs and ser- * Flexon ministérs“Will'lésé more. “creases in recent years. _—_vices. * Nordic King BUY ONE PAIR iii itp nance minister! Gary Polow—" Tf tant’ "gesture," .Harris said, “E-support it.” He" saicL.B,C. MLAs. aren't excessively paid now — their paycheques are about fifth highest in Canada — but said it’s ne- cessary government mem- bers share the pain of other civil servants. He said people often confuse B.C, MLAs with federal MPs who have re- “Collins said the pay cut is” voluntary but all. Liberal MLAs. have agreed to it. He said their salaries will be frozen at the new level for three years, The move will save around $277,000 a year. 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